Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1875 — The Fair. [ARTICLE]

The Fair.

The Ohio election comes off on the 12th of October. ‘‘Putting a pull back nectic ou him,” is what the Western lynchers now call it. Particulars of the failure of the Bank of California will be found on the first P’ge. The Illinois State Fair will be held this year at Ottawa, commencing on the 13th of September. The Arkansas election takes place next Monday, and the Main election one week from next Monday. Down in Alabama the weather is so dry and hot that even treesjjare dying and shedding their leaves like autumn. Chicago has 25,000 young men who are too poor to marry, which is fortunate for 25,000 yonng ladies of Chicago. Senator Thurman admits that Ohio will surely go republican at the October election. He is particularly severe on -Sam Cary. Hon D. M. Key, of Chattanooga, ‘Tenn., has been appointed by the Governor to fill ex-President Johnson’s seat in the United States Senate. John D-'Lee, .the Mountain Meadow murderer, recently acquitted at Beaver, through a disagreement of the jury, is to -he tendered a public reception aud ban--quetby his admiring friends. A new party has lately been organised in Boston called the National Union party. Banks, of Masachusetts, is the -candidate for the Presidency, aud Lamar, <of Mississippi, for the Vice Presidency.

The butchers of Montreal are going to start a newspaper with $50,000 capital, and have steaked their all upon the venture. There is a great rush for positions as compositors, owing to the anticipated .amount of “set.” The army worms which have been devastating the Rhode Island grain fields, are being gobbled up by flocks of blackbirds, which swoop down and destroy them in large numbers. Another argu- . ment in favor of sparing the birds. From the Porter County Vidette we learn that Rev. W. P. Shockey, formerly a prominent soul-sleeper adventist, but latterly said to be preaching universalism, is said to have been at Boswell, Benton •county, Ind., lately, holding forth “a surer plan than universalism itself.” The special correspondents who are reporting political meetings in Southern Ohio represent unusual Republican enthusiasm. The meetings addressd by •General Hays are much larger and more enthusiastic than they were two years ago, and greatly exceed the Democratic meetings in number.

Indianapolis Herald item : “A glance at the official report of the Indiana State Piieons reveals some curious facts, worthy »-of notice. For instance, 89 of the 455 >inmates of the Northern Penitentiary, Jlast year, were honest grangers before titheir incaneeotjon, while there was but one lawyer aad one patent right man.” The Republican journals of Pennsylvania express great confidence that the zState will give a good Republican majority next fall? The assert that the confident feeling in the party is rapidly growing ; that old feuds are healed; that the .Republicans are beginning to work in oarnest and in good spirits, while the op-' position is divided, -faint-hearted and in- ; different. The St. Louis Globe has been making some calculations from recent statistics on dogs and their cost, and sums up in reference to Missouri as follows: “Our -400,000 dogs furnish one of the most important economic considerations now affecting the State. In the first place, they militate against the mutton crop annually to the extent of at least $5,000,000; secondly, they cost, at an average of twenty-five cents a week each, $6,500,000—enough to run all our common schools, and leave a large stealable surplus ; thirdly, they shy annually, through hydrophobia, at least 120 persons, which, at $5,000 each—the average price paid by railroads for the very poorest of brakemen—amounts to the further sum of $600,000. Here is a direct expenditure of nearly $7,750,000 for dogs, not to mention the fines, costs, and more remote sentimental damages resulting from lawsuits about dog fights, and severance of friendship between the owners of combative curs 4 Capitalized, our dogs represent a waste of $80,000,000,' and, invested at compound interest, their worthkssness would pay off the national debt before 1900.”

The fourth annual exhibition of the Jasper County Agricultural and Mechanical Association will be held on their grounds one-half mile east of Rensselaer, commencing September 14th, 1875, and continuing over the 15, 16 and 17, when the exhibitions of the stock of the Association will close, and after the procession of all premium stock, owners will be permitted to remove their property from the grounds. The 18th instant is especially set apart for the test of the speed of horses—running. There will be no other exhibitions on that day. Under the supervision of the Board of Directors the Fair Grounds are being placed in good repair with extensive improvements at great expense and labor. — A new Floral Hall and a large Amphitheatre are undgr construction, and will be completed in ample time for the exhibitions. New horse stalls are being built. A splendid well has been sunk, affording an inexhaustible supply of excellent water, and it will be provided with a wind pump and large tanks for watering stock, the well being conveniently located for that purpose. Nothing has been left undone to put the grounds in the best possible order for the convenience of exhibitors and visitors. It is expected that all exhibitions will be first-class. The Association offers liberal cash premiums in every instance —no diplomas or other valuless substitutes. Acting under the instructions of the Board of Directors, the Secretary is corresponding and negotiating with parties to secure the exhibition of other attractions in connction with the ordinary display of stock, fruit, produce and manufactured articles. It is expected that he may be able to secure two balloon ascensions from the ground and the performance of the wonderful feats of a slack rope or wire-walker. If these negotiations are successful the facts will be duly announced to the public. An excellent cornet band has been engaged to entertain patrons with splendid music daily during the progress of the Fair. An abundance of feed of good quality will be provided on the grouud for stock, at reasonable charges. Special care will be taken to secure the service of the best qualified and most impartial citizens on committees aud as judges. It is the earnest desire of the Management to give patrons entire satisfaction, and they pledge themselves to labor earnestly aud secure the approval of all. The Association respectfully solicits the co-operation of all citizens of Jasper and adjoining counties who can conveniently do so to attend and lend their influence to make this exhibition an improvement over all proceeding ones—the best ever held in this part of the State. It should be stated that the race course on the grounds is the best worked and nearest perfect of any track in Northwestern Indiana. A fine display of speed is confidently anticipated on the 18th, the purses being large and wholly cash, and many horsemen having signified their intention of being present with their stock. A. J. Yxoman, Supt. J. C. A. & M. Ass’n.

General Seldon Connor, whom the Maine Republicans have nominated for Governor, laid down this excellent platform in his speech of acceptance: “If your choice shall prove to be the choice of the people, I pledge you an honest and a fixed determination to make the public good my single aim and constant care. The maintenance of the high standing of the credit of the State; promotion of the development of agriculture and manufactures ; extension of educational facilities; prohibition by law of the sale of intoxicating liquors, and the enforcement of the laws; equitable adjustment of the burden of taxation, and lightning that burden to the fullest extent; and the exercise of a rigid economy, will have my hearty support.”